The ''Chocobo'' series is a collection of video games published by

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, and later by Square Enix, featuring a recurring creature from the ''

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'' series, the

Chocobo The is a fictional species created for the ''Final Fantasy'' franchise by Square Enix (originally Square). A galliform bird commonly having yellow feathers, they were first introduced in ''Final Fantasy II'' (1988), and have since featured in ...

, as the protagonist. The creature is a large and normally

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which first appeared in ''

Final Fantasy II * is a fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by Square in 1988 for the Family Computer as the second installment of the ''Final Fantasy'' series. The game has received numerous enhanced remakes for the WonderSwan Color, the ...

'' and has been featured in almost all subsequent ''Final Fantasy'' games, as well as making

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s in numerous other games. The ''Chocobo'' series of video games contains over 20 titles for video game consoles, mobile phones, and online platforms. These games include installments of the ''

Mystery Dungeon ''Mystery Dungeon'', known in Japan as , is a series of roguelike role-playing video games. Most were developed by Chunsoft, now Spike Chunsoft since the merging in 2012, and select games were developed by other companies with Chunsoft's permis ...

'' series of

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video games,

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, adventure games, and

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collections. Although the various games of the series have different game styles and are generally unrelated except by their inclusion of a Chocobo as the main character, Square Enix considers them to be a distinct series. The first game in the series, ''Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon'', is a ''Mystery Dungeon'' game released in 1997, while the latest is ''Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy'', released in 2019. A new game, ''Chocobo GP'', is planned for release in 2022. In addition to Square and Square Enix, the games have been developed by several other companies, including h.a.n.d., Bottle Cube, and Smile-Lab. Eight albums of music from ''Chocobo'' games have been produced and published by Square Enix,

DigiCube DigiCube Co., Ltd. (株式会社デジキューブ; ''Kabushiki-gaisha Dejikyūbu'') was a Japanese company established as a subsidiary of software developer Square on February 6, 1996 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The primary purpose of Digi ...

, and

Toshiba EMI , formerly , was one of Japan's leading music companies. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of British music company EMI Group Ltd. on June 30, 2007, after Toshiba sold off its previous 45% stake. Its CEO and president was Kazuhiko Koike. When ...

, and an additional album of Chocobo-related music from both the ''Chocobo'' and ''Final Fantasy'' series, ''Compi de Chocobo'', was released in 2013.

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